Unilever just bought the privately held (and unprofitable) Dollar Shave Club for a cool billion dollars. Not a huge transaction for Unilever, but another seismic shift for retailing—and a shift that spells opportunity for those who can decipher these tremors.Dollar Shave Club (as explained in its quirky ads) ships razor… Read More

We should always keep an eye on preserving our wealth, but now is a particularly good time to review our holdings given market forecasters have upped their odds of a U.S. recession in the next year.And we should be particularly careful not to be lulled into a false sense of… Read More

The perma-bears forecasting an endless slump are lying about the current demand trends and the competitiveness of alternate technologies. Read More

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The latest economic and demographic data show the potential rise of a whole new group of utilities as prized income investments. Read More

A trio of “old tech” companies reported quarterly earnings this week, which in the past would have drew yawns from stock market analysts. But with overseas investors fleeing the uncertainty of Europe and Asia for the relative security of the United States, many of these stocks have become de facto… Read More

Wireless competition heats up, a big acquisition is uncertain—and the Trudeau government keeps investors guessing. Read More

Kinder Morgan’s results didn’t propel a stock already up big for the year, but showed where the midstream sector’s bread is buttered. Read More

More British companies are targeting American businesses. Read More

Army sergeant Theresa Hannigan was left paralyzed by an autoimmune disease.Each day was a struggle…She was unable to walk, and confined to a wheelchair.But her life changed for the better almost immediately when she began testing an emerging technology called an “exoskeleton” at her local VA hospital.“There are so many… Read More